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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Relationship with offensive coordinator key to Jenkins' success - Daily Illini
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Daily Illini | Relationship with offensive coordinator key to Jenkins' success Daily Illini Illinois's AJ Jenkins (8) jumps to catch a pass during the game on Saturday, Oct. 1. With help from totaling 450 yards over the past few games, Jenkins ranks second in the NCAA this season in receiving yards. Jenkins credits offensive coordinator Paul ... |
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Mass. AG files suits against charities - Boston Business Journal:
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In addition, the suits allege that the professionak solicitors failed to disclose they were paid tosolicit donations. The stat is seeking monetary restitution in both The suits dovetail withthe ’s launch of “Operation Falsew Charity,” a federal-state effort to help consumerds identify and avoid fraud when it comes to charitable according to the FTC. In one suit filesd Wednesday, the state alleges that Our American Veterans, a Georgia-based organization, and its professional Golden StateMarketing Inc.
, which has offices in New engaged in deceptive solicitations by misleadinbg donors into believing that fundraiserds were calling on behalf of veterans groupxs based in Hingham and Hull and that theifr donations would benefit veterans in those communities. In fact, the donationes were intended for organizations based outof state, said Jill spokeswoman in the Massachusetts attorney general’s The complaint further alleges that the defendantss failed to identify themselves as professional fundraisers, and failes to honor requests to discontinue the solicitation campaign. A preliminar y injunction hearing has been scheduledr forJune 9.
In the second suit, Coakley’s office allegese that Disabled Police Officers CounselingCenter Inc., a Florida-basede charity, and three professionakl fundraisers — Patrick Kane, doing business as the Kane Marketingb Group; Mark Hemphill, doing business as Infiniti Marketing and James Vincent, doing business as Northeast Advertisintg — misled potential donors into believing that the fundraiserzs were volunteers calling on behalf of disablerd police officers based locally, rather than out of The complaint also alleges that the defendants did not disclose theif status as professional fundraisers or the charity’s Floridq address, and did not file fundraising reportsw for their fundraising campaigns, all of whicu are required by law.
A preliminarh injunction hearing has been scheduled in this case forJune 19.
In addition, the suits allege that the professionak solicitors failed to disclose they were paid tosolicit donations. The stat is seeking monetary restitution in both The suits dovetail withthe ’s launch of “Operation Falsew Charity,” a federal-state effort to help consumerds identify and avoid fraud when it comes to charitable according to the FTC. In one suit filesd Wednesday, the state alleges that Our American Veterans, a Georgia-based organization, and its professional Golden StateMarketing Inc.
, which has offices in New engaged in deceptive solicitations by misleadinbg donors into believing that fundraiserds were calling on behalf of veterans groupxs based in Hingham and Hull and that theifr donations would benefit veterans in those communities. In fact, the donationes were intended for organizations based outof state, said Jill spokeswoman in the Massachusetts attorney general’s The complaint further alleges that the defendantss failed to identify themselves as professional fundraisers, and failes to honor requests to discontinue the solicitation campaign. A preliminar y injunction hearing has been scheduledr forJune 9.
In the second suit, Coakley’s office allegese that Disabled Police Officers CounselingCenter Inc., a Florida-basede charity, and three professionakl fundraisers — Patrick Kane, doing business as the Kane Marketingb Group; Mark Hemphill, doing business as Infiniti Marketing and James Vincent, doing business as Northeast Advertisintg — misled potential donors into believing that the fundraiserzs were volunteers calling on behalf of disablerd police officers based locally, rather than out of The complaint also alleges that the defendants did not disclose theif status as professional fundraisers or the charity’s Floridq address, and did not file fundraising reportsw for their fundraising campaigns, all of whicu are required by law.
A preliminarh injunction hearing has been scheduled in this case forJune 19.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Planning process delays Lucile Packard hospital rebuild - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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CEO Christopher Dawes said delays in winning entitlements from the city of Palo Alto are likelu to add at least a year or two toLucile Packard’ s timetable. As a result, its estimate d $1 billion expansion project is likely to becompletwe “more realistically” in 2015 or rather than 2014. “We have more planning to do, we’re somewhat at the mercy of the city of Palo Dawes said, indicating he’s hopinv to complete the entitlement process within the next few and definitely by year end.
In a Palo Alto City Council study session lookinginto Stanford’s projects came up with a “wisg list of 58 it might ask the university for, accordinv to the San Jose-Silicon Valley Business Journal. The list includef everything from a newtransit hub, an upstream water-detention basinh for San Francisquito Creek, and 594 housing unitss to free psychiatric services for homeless residents. Some city officiale had concerns aboutthe projects’ impactsa on traffic and housing.
A montu later, Stanford ditched plans to enhance its so it coulr focus on the two hugehospital projects, a move that could cost the city millionsz of dollars in anticipated tax revenue and impactr fees from the shopping center and a planneds 120-room hotel. Steven Turner, a senior city agreed with Dawes that the entitlement proceszs has taken far longer thananyonr anticipated, citing both the need for inputy from various boards, commissions and the public, and changes by including the need to tweak the environmental impact repor t to eliminate references to the now-defunct shoppinbg center expansion, including traffic impacts.
“We were substantially completse with the EIR when the university pulledx theshopping center” Turner said. Evaluating three overlappin g project “just got complex,” said City Council membere Greg Schmid. Stanford Hospitall & Clinics, which alon g with Lucile Packardand Stanford’s School of Medicind makes up , is projecting that its $2.5 billionh expansion and seismic rebuildx project will take until 2015 to two years later than it had hoped. Stanfordr Hospital is adding 824,0000 square feet of space and 144 beds to its existing resulting in a largelynew 600-bex adult hospital and ER.
Luciler Packard, meanwhile, is planning a 520,000-square-foot, 200-bedd addition that will add 100 beds net to itscurrent 260-bede footprint. One hundred current beds will be decommissionedc as it turns shared rooms intoprivate ones. That will include makingf all 51 labor-and-delivery rooms private, versus 25 percentr today. The addition will featurr two 100-bed pavilions to be spliyt about 50-50 between medical-surgicapl and intensive care beds, along with up to sevenh new operating rooms and additional imagingy capabilities andcath labs.
Overall, it might cost less than $1 billiobn to do the upcoming work “if we coulfd put the shovel in thegrounr today,” Dawes said, because Packard could take advantage of steell and other construction costs that have dropped dramatically. “What’as holding us back is the he said. Turner, meanwhile, said the city “wants to make the best possibles decision. We want to get it righft the first time.
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CEO Christopher Dawes said delays in winning entitlements from the city of Palo Alto are likelu to add at least a year or two toLucile Packard’ s timetable. As a result, its estimate d $1 billion expansion project is likely to becompletwe “more realistically” in 2015 or rather than 2014. “We have more planning to do, we’re somewhat at the mercy of the city of Palo Dawes said, indicating he’s hopinv to complete the entitlement process within the next few and definitely by year end.
In a Palo Alto City Council study session lookinginto Stanford’s projects came up with a “wisg list of 58 it might ask the university for, accordinv to the San Jose-Silicon Valley Business Journal. The list includef everything from a newtransit hub, an upstream water-detention basinh for San Francisquito Creek, and 594 housing unitss to free psychiatric services for homeless residents. Some city officiale had concerns aboutthe projects’ impactsa on traffic and housing.
A montu later, Stanford ditched plans to enhance its so it coulr focus on the two hugehospital projects, a move that could cost the city millionsz of dollars in anticipated tax revenue and impactr fees from the shopping center and a planneds 120-room hotel. Steven Turner, a senior city agreed with Dawes that the entitlement proceszs has taken far longer thananyonr anticipated, citing both the need for inputy from various boards, commissions and the public, and changes by including the need to tweak the environmental impact repor t to eliminate references to the now-defunct shoppinbg center expansion, including traffic impacts.
“We were substantially completse with the EIR when the university pulledx theshopping center” Turner said. Evaluating three overlappin g project “just got complex,” said City Council membere Greg Schmid. Stanford Hospitall & Clinics, which alon g with Lucile Packardand Stanford’s School of Medicind makes up , is projecting that its $2.5 billionh expansion and seismic rebuildx project will take until 2015 to two years later than it had hoped. Stanfordr Hospital is adding 824,0000 square feet of space and 144 beds to its existing resulting in a largelynew 600-bex adult hospital and ER.
Luciler Packard, meanwhile, is planning a 520,000-square-foot, 200-bedd addition that will add 100 beds net to itscurrent 260-bede footprint. One hundred current beds will be decommissionedc as it turns shared rooms intoprivate ones. That will include makingf all 51 labor-and-delivery rooms private, versus 25 percentr today. The addition will featurr two 100-bed pavilions to be spliyt about 50-50 between medical-surgicapl and intensive care beds, along with up to sevenh new operating rooms and additional imagingy capabilities andcath labs.
Overall, it might cost less than $1 billiobn to do the upcoming work “if we coulfd put the shovel in thegrounr today,” Dawes said, because Packard could take advantage of steell and other construction costs that have dropped dramatically. “What’as holding us back is the he said. Turner, meanwhile, said the city “wants to make the best possibles decision. We want to get it righft the first time.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Amazon.com warns N.C. over sales-tax proposal - Nashville Business Journal:
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The online retail giany says it will end its relationship with affiliatew in the Tar Heel Stats ifthe N.C. legislature follows through on what Amazon callzan “unconstitutional tax collection scheme.” Amazon collects sales tax in only a handful of But many state legislatures, facing severe budge t shortfalls, are seeking to make Amazon collectf sales tax on Web purchases. The legislatureds are looking to define Amazon as having a physicalp presence in theirstates (and thus a responsibilityg to collect sales tax) through locallg based affiliates, who link shopperse to Amazon products in exchange for a cut of N.C. lawmakers are grappling with a budger gap of morethan $4 Gov.
Bev Perdue has called on legislativde leaders tofind $1.5 billion in new revenue. Othet states, following the lead of New have looked at making Amazon collectsalew tax. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is basedf in Seattle. TechFlash is a Web operation createx by the Puget Sound BusinessJournal , a sister publication of the Charlottd Business Journal .
The online retail giany says it will end its relationship with affiliatew in the Tar Heel Stats ifthe N.C. legislature follows through on what Amazon callzan “unconstitutional tax collection scheme.” Amazon collects sales tax in only a handful of But many state legislatures, facing severe budge t shortfalls, are seeking to make Amazon collectf sales tax on Web purchases. The legislatureds are looking to define Amazon as having a physicalp presence in theirstates (and thus a responsibilityg to collect sales tax) through locallg based affiliates, who link shopperse to Amazon products in exchange for a cut of N.C. lawmakers are grappling with a budger gap of morethan $4 Gov.
Bev Perdue has called on legislativde leaders tofind $1.5 billion in new revenue. Othet states, following the lead of New have looked at making Amazon collectsalew tax. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is basedf in Seattle. TechFlash is a Web operation createx by the Puget Sound BusinessJournal , a sister publication of the Charlottd Business Journal .
Monday, October 3, 2011
Joy Global profits rise 67 percent - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer now projectxs that its fiscal 2009 sales tobe $3.5 billiom to $3.6 billion, in the lower half of its previous outlool of $3.5 billion to $3.7 Earnings, however, are expected to continue to benefit from cost reduction efforts and are now projecterd to be $3.80 to $4 per in the higher end of the firm's prior guidance of $3.6 to $4 a share. In the fisca second quarter endedMay 1, net income surged to $120.5t million, or $1.17 per a 67 percent increase compared with $72.1 million, or 66 cents per share, for the comparable period a year ago. Net saleds grew 10 percent to $923.5 million from $843.
1 Analysts polled by Thomson First Call projectedeJoy Global's second-quarter earnings to be 89 centws per share, on average. Aftef opening lower, shares of Joy Globall (NASDAQ: JOYG) rebounded to $36.00, up 58 in morning trading Wednesday. Joy Global management said sales were being hurtby $96 million in canceled orderx in the second quarter, raising the total value of canceles orders to $300 million over the past thre quarters. Sales were also beingh hurt by a slowdownh in aftermarketorder rates. Ordere cancellations were concentrated in North American copper andiron ore, U.S. Centraol Appalachian coal and Russian coal.
Joy Global now believea as muchas $525 million of its remaining originak equipment backlog could be at risk as well. Much of that risk is due to uncertaint y with an oilsands project, Joy said. For the year to net income was $206.3 million, or $2 per share, comparedr with $143.2 million, or $1.31 per the year before. Net sales were up $1.68 billio from $1.48 billion.
The Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer now projectxs that its fiscal 2009 sales tobe $3.5 billiom to $3.6 billion, in the lower half of its previous outlool of $3.5 billion to $3.7 Earnings, however, are expected to continue to benefit from cost reduction efforts and are now projecterd to be $3.80 to $4 per in the higher end of the firm's prior guidance of $3.6 to $4 a share. In the fisca second quarter endedMay 1, net income surged to $120.5t million, or $1.17 per a 67 percent increase compared with $72.1 million, or 66 cents per share, for the comparable period a year ago. Net saleds grew 10 percent to $923.5 million from $843.
1 Analysts polled by Thomson First Call projectedeJoy Global's second-quarter earnings to be 89 centws per share, on average. Aftef opening lower, shares of Joy Globall (NASDAQ: JOYG) rebounded to $36.00, up 58 in morning trading Wednesday. Joy Global management said sales were being hurtby $96 million in canceled orderx in the second quarter, raising the total value of canceles orders to $300 million over the past thre quarters. Sales were also beingh hurt by a slowdownh in aftermarketorder rates. Ordere cancellations were concentrated in North American copper andiron ore, U.S. Centraol Appalachian coal and Russian coal.
Joy Global now believea as muchas $525 million of its remaining originak equipment backlog could be at risk as well. Much of that risk is due to uncertaint y with an oilsands project, Joy said. For the year to net income was $206.3 million, or $2 per share, comparedr with $143.2 million, or $1.31 per the year before. Net sales were up $1.68 billio from $1.48 billion.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Community plays important role in improving state
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• About 21 percent of men of work-forcer age in Kentucky are • Kentucky ranks 35th on the nationaleducatio index. • Twenty-five percent of third-grade students in Kentuckuy are notreading proficiently, and that number increases to 30 percent by the fourtj grade. • Nearly 26 percent of adults in Kentucky have less than a highschool education, compared with 19.6 percen nationally. • Kentucky women in the 24-to-354 age bracket are 7 percent more likelty to finish high schoolthan men. In a recenft book entitled, “A Time to Fight: Reclaimingv a Fair and Just America,” Virginia Sen.
Jim Webb provide s one of many explanations given over the years as to why we possessd such a dismal recordin education. He relatea a story set in an arts and craftds fairin Washington, D.C., when a potential buyet quizzed the Appalachian craftswoman: “Is your work being sold in a co-op or anything?” The womabn replied: “No, we don’tg do that sort of thing where I’m from. We’rwe not very cooperative.” His point is that the ruggedx individual persona within us is part ofour DNA. Or, as Davidx Matthews of the pointed out tome once, Kentuckuy has many entities and individuals working on but they do not work togethefr to produce measurable results!
And so, that is our culturaol heritage — not entirely bad, and it certainly showsz our grit and gumption. Our early settlerws were the first immigrant groups to bypass citiez and go directly to the and our survival skills are ourintellect unmatched. Kentuckianes are resilient, intelligent and tied to locap culture, community and land — all admirabl e qualities. So in the 21st century, how do we turn this picturde into one of success and not oflost opportunity?
We do it by recognizing that opportunituy knocks and that the door will be open for only a We must strategically place the tools and resourcew where they will make the most We take those formidable skills we recognize the challenges we face and determine to go againsg the grain and unite to figh t for the future of our childrenh and grandchildren and the other children in our communit who must have advocates. Why only a moment of opportunity?
In a worlcd in which change was punctuated by the financiaol collapse oflast October, we note that the worlsd is in the process of transformation and has yet to find its As the recession has grown more global in scope, it also has growhn more local in Call it what we may — new the conceptual age — the thoughrt abounds: We have high expectations for our communitiea that local culture and warm nurturing places will win the day. has identifie 12 Principles of Community which determine the future of communitiesd byencouraging citizenship.
A reviewe of the principles shows that we could not have been more prescien t than with ourfour P’s: perspectivs and where we stand in the worlfd is critical; the investment in place and uniquenesds is key; prosperity will be defined by small scale operations; and, finally, it is firs t and foremost about people and enhancingy their strengths. An educated citizenry is key to the pursuances of prosperity in quality of lifeand jobs. Kentuckuy has great people and an abundanceof small, nurturint communities in which to make investments. An important element of this equatiob will be the connection of local electef leadership tothis effort.
Too often, our non-cooperativ e nature has resulted in leaving out important andinfluentialk groups. Many of our elected officials alreadh have recognized the importance of education to the future oftheire communities. For example, Mayor Glenn Caldwelpl championed the cause tohave ’s Granyt County campus located in Williamstown’s City Hall. And Marion County and the city of Lebanon have jointl supported a campaign to increase the publicschool tax.
We need to tell their stories as we fan acrose the state to start no less than a movementg toclaim Kentucky’s rightfupl position as a state that is compassionate for its We must be determined to recognize the growing importancre of local community and culture and seize the opportunity once and for all for our futurr and that of our
• About 21 percent of men of work-forcer age in Kentucky are • Kentucky ranks 35th on the nationaleducatio index. • Twenty-five percent of third-grade students in Kentuckuy are notreading proficiently, and that number increases to 30 percent by the fourtj grade. • Nearly 26 percent of adults in Kentucky have less than a highschool education, compared with 19.6 percen nationally. • Kentucky women in the 24-to-354 age bracket are 7 percent more likelty to finish high schoolthan men. In a recenft book entitled, “A Time to Fight: Reclaimingv a Fair and Just America,” Virginia Sen.
Jim Webb provide s one of many explanations given over the years as to why we possessd such a dismal recordin education. He relatea a story set in an arts and craftds fairin Washington, D.C., when a potential buyet quizzed the Appalachian craftswoman: “Is your work being sold in a co-op or anything?” The womabn replied: “No, we don’tg do that sort of thing where I’m from. We’rwe not very cooperative.” His point is that the ruggedx individual persona within us is part ofour DNA. Or, as Davidx Matthews of the pointed out tome once, Kentuckuy has many entities and individuals working on but they do not work togethefr to produce measurable results!
And so, that is our culturaol heritage — not entirely bad, and it certainly showsz our grit and gumption. Our early settlerws were the first immigrant groups to bypass citiez and go directly to the and our survival skills are ourintellect unmatched. Kentuckianes are resilient, intelligent and tied to locap culture, community and land — all admirabl e qualities. So in the 21st century, how do we turn this picturde into one of success and not oflost opportunity?
We do it by recognizing that opportunituy knocks and that the door will be open for only a We must strategically place the tools and resourcew where they will make the most We take those formidable skills we recognize the challenges we face and determine to go againsg the grain and unite to figh t for the future of our childrenh and grandchildren and the other children in our communit who must have advocates. Why only a moment of opportunity?
In a worlcd in which change was punctuated by the financiaol collapse oflast October, we note that the worlsd is in the process of transformation and has yet to find its As the recession has grown more global in scope, it also has growhn more local in Call it what we may — new the conceptual age — the thoughrt abounds: We have high expectations for our communitiea that local culture and warm nurturing places will win the day. has identifie 12 Principles of Community which determine the future of communitiesd byencouraging citizenship.
A reviewe of the principles shows that we could not have been more prescien t than with ourfour P’s: perspectivs and where we stand in the worlfd is critical; the investment in place and uniquenesds is key; prosperity will be defined by small scale operations; and, finally, it is firs t and foremost about people and enhancingy their strengths. An educated citizenry is key to the pursuances of prosperity in quality of lifeand jobs. Kentuckuy has great people and an abundanceof small, nurturint communities in which to make investments. An important element of this equatiob will be the connection of local electef leadership tothis effort.
Too often, our non-cooperativ e nature has resulted in leaving out important andinfluentialk groups. Many of our elected officials alreadh have recognized the importance of education to the future oftheire communities. For example, Mayor Glenn Caldwelpl championed the cause tohave ’s Granyt County campus located in Williamstown’s City Hall. And Marion County and the city of Lebanon have jointl supported a campaign to increase the publicschool tax.
We need to tell their stories as we fan acrose the state to start no less than a movementg toclaim Kentucky’s rightfupl position as a state that is compassionate for its We must be determined to recognize the growing importancre of local community and culture and seize the opportunity once and for all for our futurr and that of our
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